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Legacy Audio Focus XD
Building on the world-renowned Legacy Focus SE, the Focus XD incorporates powerful internal amplification for a stunning leap in performance. It features the same state-of-the-art, multi-amplification technology found in our flagship Valor. This upgrade brings the award-winning power of our most advanced systems to the celebrated Focus design.
The Legacy Focus XD: Active Speakers for the Modern Audiophile
The Legacy Focus XD speakers redefine high-fidelity sound with their advanced internally amplified speaker design. Each tower features 700 watts of super low-distortion amplification, providing significant bi-amplification benefits. The Legacy Focus XD is a truly versatile system, offering multiple configuration options including fully active operation or active bi-amplification with an external amp.
The Focus XD floor standing speakers boast the renowned Legacy Dual AMT system for pristine highs and dual 7″ graphene filled carbon fiber mid-ranges. The dual 12″ ultra-linear woofers deliver unprecedented bass output.
The back panel offers three amplification configurations:
- Active Bass with External Crossover Use the built-in 700W amp to perfectly drive the dual 12″ subwoofers. Then, connect your favorite external amplifier to power the midrange and high-frequency drivers. For the absolute best performance, pair this setup with the outboard Legacy Wavelet 2 processor to handle crossover duties and apply award-winning room correction.
- Active Bass Mode with Internal Crossover Let the powerful internal 700W amp handle the bass section using the speaker’s internal crossover and an external amplifier for the mids and highs.
- Fully Active Mode In this simple setup, the entire speaker is powered by the internal 700W full-range amplifier. Just connect your source, and you’re ready.
For professionals and audiophiles, these Legacy Audio active speakers are a culmination of over 30 years of refinement, offering a level of performance typically found in mastering studios.
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Professional Reviews 96/100
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Sound Quality
96/100
Build Quality
94/100
Value for Money
96/100
With seismic bass, transparent AMT detail, and a vast soundstage, the Focus XD makes full-range listening feel effortlessly grand. Its 750-watt active architecture delivers startling dynamic headroom while preserving musical coherence; HomeTheaterHifi praised its extraordinary low-end extension, while The Absolute Sound highlighted its clean, detailed midrange and treble.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Exceptionally deep, powerful bass with measured extension remaining solid to 10Hz, yet described as tight and natural.
Clean, transparent midrange and treble with a smooth AMT-to-midwoofer transition through complex music.
Exceptional dynamic ease, reaching 110dB listening-position peaks without audible distortion in testing.
Flexible built-in 750-watt amplification supports full-range active operation or bass-powered bi-amping.
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Cons
Powerful bass can become excessive in some rooms or on some tracks, making careful setup and level adjustment important.
At roughly 141 pounds each, these large towers demand serious handling and placement effort.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 96/100
Reviewers describe an unusually full-range, highly resolved presentation that remains composed from delicate acoustic material to demanding rock. Its defining traits are visceral deep bass, clean and transparent midrange and treble reproduction, huge staging, and exceptional ease at high volumes.
Bass
97/100
HomeTheaterHifi measured exceptionally deep, powerful bass that remained solid to 10Hz, calling it the deepest and most powerful bass it had recorded at the time. Listening impressions describe the dual active 12-inch woofers as tight, visceral, natural, and physically commanding; The Absolute Sound likewise found very strong, accurate low-frequency output when properly set up.
Mid
96/100
HomeTheaterHifi found vocals and instruments unusually immediate and transparent despite the speaker's large scale. The Absolute Sound praised the clean, detailed midrange and specifically noted the smooth transition between the AMT unit and the 7-inch mid/woofers through demanding music.
Treble
94/100
The Absolute Sound reports clean, detailed treble and a smooth, coherent crossover implementation, without noteworthy coloration. HomeTheaterHifi found the AMT array cohesive and authoritative, with the capacity to keep a singer's silky voice intact at high output.
Soundstage Imaging
95/100
HomeTheaterHifi heard a massive, intricately detailed stage that made the listening-room walls seem to disappear. The Absolute Sound also praised the soundstage, while noting that its ultimate scale and precision reward careful room setup and listening-position choices.
Dynamics
97/100
HomeTheaterHifi reports clean 110dB peaks at the listening position without audible distortion, alongside effortless macro-dynamic impact on bass- and drum-led music. The Absolute Sound similarly found excellent detail and musical life from quiet passages through high-level dynamics.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
94/100
The Focus XD uses substantial, reinforced cabinetry, and reviewers describe its shaped enclosure and grille integration as thoughtfully executed. HomeTheaterHifi was especially impressed by the satin rosewood veneer, calling its quality among the finest loudspeaker finishes it had seen.
Value for Money
96/100
At roughly $15,200 to $17,590 per pair in the reviewed finishes, HomeTheaterHifi considered the Focus XD a screaming value and said comparable performance would normally be expected at well above $50,000 per pair. The Absolute Sound also called it a very good speaker for the money, highlighting its uncommon combination of full-range active bass, flexible amplification options, and high-end sound.
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